The Sun. — London, England, 1864-04-20 00:00:00

NEW THEATRE-KO YAL, ADELP HI.- Sole Prooriator and Manager. Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, ICI ON PARLE FRANCAIS : Mr. J. L. Toole. Mr. R. Phillips, Mr. Billington, and Miss K.Kelly. At 8, LS3H : Nliss Bateman, suppqrted by Messrs. A. Stirling, R. Phillips, Billington, Stuart, Eburne, Stephenson ; Miss H. Simms and Mrs. Bilington. Toe }nelude with THE AREA BELLE : Messrs. J. L. Too7e, P. Bedford, Li. Romer, Miss Woolgar, and Mrs. H. Lewis. Commence at 7. MISS BATEMAN.-L E A H.-THI EVENING and EVERY EVENING.—Miss Bateman will re-aprear in her great impersonation of the Jewish ma d-n. ••. til further notice. In ..;rder , o give due effect to ais most remarkable sucles. of the season, e,l• ire y new scenery by the celebrated ar,ists Messrs. Danson and eons, and Thomps.,n. New dr. ss,s and appointm-y4s have be n prepare . for its production.—N.l 4 . In consequence of the 'tressing and numerous ,pplications a' the Isox-offi.e, ar =gement - have Low been made by which Scats m .y be ob a Fortnight in Advan. e. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, MY PRESERVER. Alter which, the I'a 'cony Scene from ROMEO AND JULIET. Ati ses Swanborough and Wilton. Followed by the Fifth Act of MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. Concluding with the Great Burlesque, ORPHEUS AND EURY uICE : Messrs. Honey, Wood, James Fenton ; des dames Swanborough, Marie Wilton, Hughes, &e. Commence at 7. R OYAL ST, JAMES'S THEATRE. under the Management of Mr. B. WEBSTER. Re-ens►agement of those celeorated artistes, Mr. and Mrs. C. Mathews.—The greatly successful new Comedy every Evening. THIS EVENING, A DAY AFTER THE WEDDING. Mr. P. Robinson and Miss Iler,ert. At a quarter before 8, the successful new Comedy, by L. Buckingham, Esq., entitled THE SILVER LINIM; : Mr. ths.rles Mathews, Mr. F. Robinson, Mr. Ashley, Mr. Montague ; Mrs. Charles Mathews, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss A. Cottrell, Miss Wentworth, and Mrs. Stirling. After whEth, COOL AS A CUCUMBER. Mr. Charles Mathews. To conclude with UNDER THE ROSE : Mr. Ashley and Bliss A. Cottrell. Commence at 7. COALS. —The LILLESHALL COMPANY'S COALS. Direct from their own Collieries. ➢larquis'- 265. per ton. I Double 21s. per ton. Top 255. „ Nut 5........ 195. Deep Well scwened and delivered within five miles of their De pots, Westbourne Park-road, W., and 17, South Wharf, Paddington, W. Best Coka lss. per chaldron. Terms cash. JOHN SCOTT, Sole Agent. TRIAD EDITION OF b , THE SUN," Ountaining the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, pan be had Every Evening of G. ft. GLENIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4. Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. The Weather--Sun Office, April 20, 1864. -O THERMOMETER. T.tds day at Two o'clock Barometer-30.20. Wind—E, ; moderate breeze, and very fine. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tins DAY.—Morning, 111. 6m.—Afternoon, 1h.26m. To-monno - w.-Morning, lh. 4431.—Afternoon, lb. 66m. y t t k , uljt • ‘-_ 0"4111t, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 1864. We are glad to find that the Earl of DERBY has drawn attention to the new gun recently patented by Mr. MACKAY. When every Government except our own is on the look-out for improvements in its armaments, it is necessary for those who are in the position to command attention, to stir up those in authority to take advantage of the discoveries of British subjects, instead of leaving their labours to be appropriated by more enterprising and more iberal foreigners. Lord DERBY simply drew the attention of the Secretary for War to the report of Mr. MACKAY'S gun (an account of which appeared in The Sun last week), and after relating the ex traordinary advantages which it seemed to possess over other guns, the noble lord inquired whether the Government had taken any steps to examine into the accuracy of the report. He also asked what steps they were prepared to take provided that the gun was effective and was calculated to be utilised for the public service. Earl DE GREY and RIPON said, in reply, that an officer had been sent to Liverpool to make inquiries as to the character of the gun and the results which had been obtained, and that the report of the trial had been confirmed. But the noble lord went further, and endeavoured to underratea gun Which had proved to be eminently successful in its first and only trial, because heavier guns had done almost as much at the same range and might hereafter do more. He also said it was impossible to determine the value of the gun when it was fired at iron plates at a distance of only two hundred yards. We would ask the noble lord the Secretary fcr War , if this be so, why so many thousands of pounds have b een expended in testing iron plates at that range, and why the Bellerophon target was pronounced a great success when it re. sisted 63 and 100 lbs, shot at Shoeburyness at that distance? Mr. MACKAY'S gua has penetrated a target as strong es the Bellerophon, if not stronger. It re presented a pOrtion of the side of the Agincourt, now being built for the c.3ova.nment by Messrs. LAIRD, of Birkenhead, who pro Tided the target which was considered by competent judges b be of the best qualitv, and all that could be required. It consisted cf an outer plate 'Tit. square and ,5 .1 j, inches thick of - r&ied iron ; nest came 9 inches of teak, then an inner plate or skin t inch es thick, then angle iron and ribbing, and finall:r a backing up with timber balks and supports 18 inches thick. It is rot expected that even the largest ship can carry much heavier plating than' this, yet Mr. MACKAY'S gun sent a shot clean through this obstacle and carried a large portion of the target away with it. The principle cn which this gun is constructed is perfectly novel, and if, as there can be little doubt from the result of the re cent trial it will do, if it trove as effective at long ranges as it has done at 200 yards, it must produce a great revolution in the science of artillery. It is curious to observe that the most striking im provements in mechanics and engineering are often suggested by men who have been brought up in a perfectly different walk of life. Sir W. ARM STRONG, for example, belonged originally to the legal profession, but he nevertheless introduced hydraulic cranes and his celebrated breech loading field-pieces. Mr. JAMES MACKAY, a timber mer chant of Liverpool, has upset all the theories of artillery engineers by combining the advantages of the smooth bore and the rifled cannon, and by turn ing to profit the windage which has hitherto been the bugbear of artillerists. Sir. W. ARMSTRONG, in his shunt gun, to a certain extent lessened the loss of initial velocity caused by the resistance offered to the projectile by the grooves of the barrel, out Mr. MACKAY obviates the resistance altogether and gives his shot a greater rotatory motion. The principle heretofore adopted in rifled cannon has been to allow as little windage as possible, and to impart rotation to the projectile by making it fit the grooves of the piece. Mr. MACKAY, on the other hand, has conceived the plan of having the grooves so arranged that, while the shot fits closely to their outer edge, the grooves are left open for windage. By this arrangement the gas has to travel some feet further than the shot, and in doing this imparts a rapid and perfect spin to it. Now, as the shot does not traverse the grooves, they do not offer the same resistance to it, as in the case of ordinary rifled cannon, and there fore the pressure on the gun is necessarily decreased. Again, as the shot is not checked by the resistance of the grooves, its initial velocity at the mouth of the gun is as great as that of a shot from a smooth bore, while at the same time it possesses a greater rotation than an ordinary rifle projectile. We do not wish to enter upon the question which was raised by the noble lord the Secretary for War, as to the possible inaccuracy of the instruments used at Liverpool to ascertain the velocity of the solitary shot fired from Mr. MACKAY'S gun, but if there be any truth in the report of the result of that one shot, which Eirl DE GREY does not deny, we think our conclusions arc pretty well borne oat by fact. The shot struck the target with a dull thud a little below the bull's eye on the right, and in the very strongest part, where it was backed up by the rib of the ship's side, the angle iron, and the timber balk. At the point of inspect a perfectly circular hole was cut. The shot then powdered the teak, passed through the inner skin and the angle iron, shattered the timber balk into fragments, and was picked up 82 yards beyond the target, together with a circular piece of the iron armour, about 801 b. weight, it had carried with it through the back sup ports. The sand showed that it had spun to the last. About 70 fragments of iron, bolts, and frag ments of the inner skin and angle-iron were picked up 100 yards from the target. The shot when found was reduced from 13 inches to 11 inches in length, and increased about an inch and a half in diameter at the end which struck the target. The other end was uninjured. The whole target was forced back aboutesix inc'eee, and so much deranged that mere shots were not fired. After this, will any body say that the principle ought not at once to be tes'ed to its fullest extent. To the country to wait for a perfect gun until some private individual has impoverished himself in discnvering and perfecting a wea pon which it was the duty of the Govern ment to assist him in developing his inven tion. Mr. MACKAY is independent of such patron. age, or he would not have been able to astonish the public in the way he has done, but that is no reason why, if his discovery be of service to the nation, the nation should not recognise his claims. If there be any merit in the invention, it must necessarily follow that the strain upon the piece must be much less than in the present system of rifled artillery. Why, therefore, cannot this sys tem be applied to the much abused, but yet effec tive 68 pounders, whose only fault seems to be the want of accuracy and force at long range. Earl DE GREY and RIPON has promised that the new gun shall receive all due attention. Let us hope that that attention may not be such as has been paid to too many modern improvements! Lord GRANVILLE has not made matters better as regards the Council of Education, and it will not elevate public opinion as to his discretion, though they may admire his candour in avowing it, to find that he declares himself to be responsible "officially, morally, and practically for what had taken place: , He also saddles himself with the odium which Mr. LOWE incurred by his hasty and abrupt declaration, for he proclaims that he would have made just the same sort of answer. This may be deemed very magnanimous, and many may call it chivalrous, but it is really most absurd, and rather an insult to the House of Commons thus to reiterate that what that assembly has pronounced to be an iejudicious course, is precisely the one which he would follow. It is strange that one of so much experience as the noble lord should not have known better than thus to commit himself, and, after all, what good did it do. He did not state that he intended to follow Mr. LOWE'S example; but he seamed to defy in quiry and to charge the House of Commons with conspiracy or ill-will for having presumed to meddle with matters beyond its ken. Lord GRAN VILLE laid great stress upon the appointment of a committee to inquire into the state of the case. This may be all very well, but there are two things to notice—first, that it is not quite the thing to talk of the appointment of a committee, as if it were an act of penance which it bad to perform, for having presumed to pass an opinion on a subject of national importance; and next, that it by no means follows, as a predetermined fact, that the result of such inquiries and in vestigations prove condemnatory of the vote lately passed or subversive of the implied can. sure. Of course it is not pleasant or palatable to be told either privately or publicly that one's con duct or mode of action is unfitting or unsuitable, but it is sometimes needful to make these assertions, and utter these uiawelcome truths. After the hubbub and commotion that has ensued it may doubtless be deemed advisable to prove more justly the facts of the case, but it does not in consequence follow that by this means the House will undo its previous decisions. To begin with, it is a very dan gerous practice and a most unwise custom for the Council of Education to interfere and alter the re ports of the Inspectors. The evils of the system are manifest to all who will take the trouble to think on them dispassionately and unprejudiced. It confers a sort of arbitrary pov;cr on the autho rities which it is not safe for them t be invested with. It may be all right, bur at the same time it may be all wrong, and it certain'y affords the chance to the censors and critics of exp•anging all that offends their pride, departs from their views and militates against their wishes. The idea of such a supervision is not in accordance with the national spirit. It is nn•English, and if, as Lord GRANVILLE says, it is .the plan adopted by all the other departments of Government, the sooner a change is made the better. How can the truth be got at it so many rival claims are put in, and such various opinions influence the information that is afforded ? How can the In spectors perform their task properly if they are tormented with doubts, harassed with fears, and perplexed with misgivings as to this passage offending and that paragraph annoying the some bodies or the nobodies who are to sit in judgment upon them. It is very natural for officials to cling to the shadow of their forms and ceremonies, but when everything around us is undergoing a change, why is bad management to be stationary and mis chievous meddling to be retained in our departments of State ? This is a difficult matter to decide upon, but the Government have laot gone the right way to work to adjust the difficulties of the case by setting out from the outset in so arbitrary and consequen tial a manner; Irritating one's opponents is not the way to take from attacks their sting or their victory, and to deny that there is any truth, or right, or reason in the assertions cf the opposite party is a very impolitic course. At all events, this has furnished another item to the many exciting and eventful discussions of this stormy session ; and it will not have been all talk without effect if, in con sequence of the strife and turmoil that have arisen regarding the management of the Council of Edu cation, more fair play and free speaking are allowed, and thus a better and more correot opinion can be formed of its merits. The difficulty of dealing with our convict popu lation does not lessen upon examination. Wise legislators, experienced administrators, and zealous philanthropists can not only not agree on the best and safest course, but not one of them is able to bring forward a scheme which shall remove exist ing obstacles and reconcile cenflicting interests. The first interest to be considered is undoubtedly that of the honest man who has a claim on the Govern ment which he helps to support, and the laws which he faithfully obeys, for protection against the violence of the ruffian or the fraud of the swindler. This fact is, however, very often lost sight of by our humanitarians, who reserve all their sympathy for the thief or the villain who is caught, not for the inoffensive citizen who is robbed or maltreated. Yet they have in some degree reason on their side, too. The homes, the parents, the associates, the training of the convict class have all been calcu lated to drag them down to the very lowest depths of humanity. 'They have had to contend from childhood against temptations of fearful strength, unsupported by any counteracting agency. But it is impossible for the law openly to recognise these mitigating circumstances. It will not do for the magistrate to inquire minutely into the circum stances of the burglar or garotter's early life, and then, in consideration of his drawbacks, to let him off from the punishment due to his crimes. It was to solve this d;fficulty that the ticket-of-leave system was introduced, which appeared at first to answer the question, but either from an original fault in the system, or from careless or improper administration of it the results have been such as to occasion loud calls for a complete change. Last evening, upon the motion for the Penal Servitude Acts Amend ment Bill going into Committee, Mr. ADDERLEY moved the entire abandonment of the ticket-of leave system. The right hon. gentleman, who is something of an authority in these matters, having devoted to them long and careful consideration, spoke clearly and sensibly of many of the disad vantages attending the system, not only as regards the public, but as it affews the men themselves. The great difficulty appears to be this, that if the ticket-of-leave is to be any check upon the man, or any protection to the public, it can only Lc by means of strict police supervision and regular watching, and this is absolutely fatal to the man's getting or retaining regular and honest employ ment. On the other hand, if no supervision is attempted, and the man is trusted to repoet himself, the ticket-of-leave is practically valueless as a check upon the convict. We are afraid the amendment which was carried against the Government last night, although politically important as a further proof of the weakness of the Administration, will be practically of very little benefit. It may be possible to carry out the plan proposed in Ireland, but in this country even our own skilful detectives will fail to enfirce its fulfilment. The amendment pro posed by Mr. HUNT to clause 4, was to the effect that if a ticket holder should neglect to report himself at the police station of the district where he resided on the first day of every month, he should be deemed guilty of a misdemeanour and forfeit his ticket. A very prudent precaution, doubtless, with the solitary objection of its utter impracticability. How is such a rule to be enforced in our thronged and changing cities, with constant un watched traffic, from place to place, from city to city, from one part of the kingdom to another ? And supposing even that it could be rigorously enforced, huw is a man so watched to retain his employment with the known prejudice of English workmen against con victs—a prejudice which in its sturdy honesty and strength defies alike the theories of humanitarians, and the kindly efforts of employers to " give the man a chance ?" Yet, are we to say that these 'men must be shut out from the great safety valve of their energies, the potent reformer honest labour ? If we do, we are sealing their doom, and ticket or no ticket makes very little difference, as they will soon be inside the prison walls again. The subject is beset with problems, for which we fear the true solution is as yet undiscovered. The only established principle seems to be to remove long sentence men to a country, where they can really be of valuable service to the honest members of the community, and their work therefore no longer at a discount; while for those on short sentences we must try and discover what amelioration of labour, what small inikulgencies and other rewards may serve to take the place in some degree of tickets of leave, until at least the inconsistencies attending them shall have been in some measure reconciled. THE STUPENDOUS FRENCH NEWSPAPER called Le Gt. and Journal, which has recently appeared, and is the longest and broadest journal in the world, is about to pub. lish an unedited romance by Dumas, called The Citizens of Paris," which is said to be something in tho style of Sue's " Wandering Jew." 31. GODARD has, it is said, discovered the means of preventing all danger in ballooning by never ascending. - - A CRUEL REFINEMENT OF LUXURY.—The skin of the astrakan, which is so much the fashion in Paris, and is so excessively dear, is procured in all its beauty by killing the black - sheep that is bearing young, and skinning the lamb thus untimely born, a 3 the skin is thus rendered beautifully fine. The Japanese lately compared us to the most barbaric natives of the earth. If they heard of this fashion of les Francais would their respect increase ? A SEVERE PUNISIIMENT FOR GOING TO SLEEP. —Yesterday an old man named Silas Skinner, about sixty years of age, was charged before the county magis trates at Rochester, with going to sleep in the open air. The accused was observed by police-constable Empson, 100, to go behind a straw stack between four and fivo o'clock in the morning, and lie down to go to sleep, when the officer immediately pounced on him and took him into custody. Tne accused said he had nowhere to steep, The Rev. Mr. Marsham, the presiding magistrate, told the prisoner he was "an almost incorrigible character," and sentenced Lira to tiz weeks hard labours—k . o4;i) Zasterts Om*, ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, Covent -garden. From this time until the end of the season there will be four Opora nights in each week, viz. every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. Subscription Night, in lieu of Saturday , August 6. Third Appearance of Sig -or Wachte in Ii 'irovaTore. This d Appearance of Mademoiselle ifiettinn. TO-MORROW (Thursday, April 21, will be performed. Verdi's opera, IL TRoVATORE. Leonora, .31dile. Anto nietta Fricci ; Inez, Mdlle. Anese ; Azucena, Mdlle. Destinn 11 Conte di Luna, Signor Co onese, his second appearance in Eng and; Fernandez, Signor TagLiafico ; R Signor Lucchesi; Un Zingaro, Signor Ros,i ; and litinrice, Signor WactiteL Conductor, Mr. Costa. Commence at half past Eight. Pit tickets, 7s. ; amphitheatre eta is, 10s. 6d., 78., and 58. amphitheatre. 2s. 6(1. Boxes, stills, and tickets may be had t the box-office under the portico of the rhea re, which is open from ten to five, and at the principal musicsellers' and librarians'. THEATRE ROYAL D U R Y-L AN E. Managers, Messrs. Edmond Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, (for the Benefit of Mr. Water Lacy) Beene from TWELFTH C. Miss Heath, Songs of Avon. Miss Edith Wynne, Mr. Swift. Aq,er which, will be produced the Grand Stage Revival of Shak,pere's Chr,nicle or Historical Play, entitled the First Part of HENRY THE FOURTH. The cast will include impersonations by those emineit krtists, Mr. PHELPS, Mr. Walter Montgomery, Mr. Waiter Lacy. Mr. A d.diso- , Mr. Ryder, Mr. Itobert Roxby, Mr. Barrett, Mr. E Phelps, Mr. Rayner, Mr. H. Vandenhoff, Mr. G. Belmore, Mr. Ellerton, Mr. Fitzjames, Mr. Neville; Miss Edith Wynne, M ss Rise Leclercq, ,nd Mrs. Edmund Fal coner, supported by all the Members of the Drury-lace Com pany. To conclude with AN APRIL FOOL. Mr. G. Belmore. THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET.--• Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr, Bnckstone. THIS EVENING, April 20, OUR AMERICAN COUSIN: Messrs. Fothern, Buckstone, Chippendale, Rogers, Clark, Gordon, Braid, &c. ; Mesdames Angel, Lindley, Bill, Harri 3, Snowden, &c After which, the new Easter piece, entitled V Co VENUS AD ADONIS. Messrs. Compton, W m . Farren, , Sr.c. ; MeNs dames Louise Keeley, Snowden, Nelly Power, Hill, Wright, Rogers, &c. To conclude with TURNING THE TABLES. Commence at 7. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Sole Lesee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, DONNA DIANA. After which, THE COMEDY OF ERRORS. The Two Dromios, by the Brother 3 Webb. To conclude with, 23d time, a new Farce, by J. M. Morton, Esq., entitled DRAWING-ROOM. SECOND FLOOR, AND ATTICS. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Sole Management of Mr. Fechter. THIS EVENING, the performances will commence with THE DAY AFTER THE FAIR : Messrs. Widdi combe, Garden, Moreland, and Miss E. Lavenu. A 'kter which, at Eight o'clock, the 136th Night of BEL DEMONIO, a Love Story, in Twelve Tableaux, taken from titendhal's •' Italian Chronicle," Principal characters by Messrs. Jordan, Charles, J. Bronglism, Emery, Morton, Raymond, Moreland, Smith, Clifford, Oollett, Sims ; Miss Kate Terry, Miss E. Lavenu, Mrs. Lee, nibs Elsworthy. - • The Public are entreated to take notice that No Charge is ;Made to the occupants of Boxes, Box-places, or Stalls, either foe play bills or for the safe keeping of hat 3 and cloaks, and teat the attendants in all parts of the house are forbidden to receive any gratuities whatever. • - Box-Office open daily from 11 to 5. Commence at 7. NEB. FECHTER begs to announce that the whole profits of the First Night's Representa ion of Hamlet will be divided between the NATIONAL SHAN- S VEARE COMMITTEE and the DRAMATIC COLLEGE SCHOOLS FUND. Mr. FECHTER'S indisposition pre venting. the production of Hamlet on the Evenin,i . of he 23d, the LYCEUM THEATRE will be closed that night. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 20, 1864. THE ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, Wachtel as Arnoldo in " Guglielmo Tell.' Rossini's grand four-act opera of " Guglielmo Tell"—produced (as already notified in The Sun) for the first time this season at the Royal Italian on Saturday—was repeated with magnificent effect last evening to a brilliant and most appreciative audience. Whenever this noble composition is pro duced at any one of the great lyrical establishments of Europe, its performance, quite as a matter of course, takes rank among the "events" of the year. It is not simply that " Guglielmo Tell" has the re putation of being the great maestro's masterpiece, it enjoys the fair fame of being—in its character as such, as Rossini's masterpiece—one of the moat superb product'ons ever ecetributed by operatic composer to the treasures of the lyric il drama. The pathetic beauty of the " aiZZI Ladra," the tragic power of the same gifted (in some respects incom p -rable) master's " Oteilo," the sparkling, tient, one might almost any, (Fizzling comicality of the " Bar biere di Siviglia," great though they are and widely though they are appreciated yield the palm to the rarer combination of con trasting yet harmonious merits, constituting the pe culiar and exceptional charm, fascination, witchery, even, may we not call it P of Rossini's latest, of Rossini's greateet opera " Guglielmo Tell." It is not—let us say this at once, howev( r, now that we are referring thus pointedly to the especial and dis tinctive claims of " Guglielmo Tell" upon our admire ' tion—it is not that this Grand Opera can be said to abound in those most exquisite crowning gifts to us all from the hand of any great musical composer— golden largess (squandered around by some of them so affluently !) that we treasure up thenceforth, so to speak, as so many precious amulets—those Haunting Melodies, we mean, that ere the Glories of Song, me• lodies that once heard are never forgotten, each of them complete in originality, each, so to express it, "one entire and perfect chrysolite." It is not, we say, that Rossini's " Guglielmo Tell" commands our ad miration as an operatic masterpiece " set" with these the rarest of all the gems of song. For—apart from that lovely choral jubilation of the Swiss pea santry, familiarly known in this country as coupled, in our English vernacular, with the words " Green hills of Tyrol," a warbling, exhilarant, hilarious melody, that seems to breathe of the mountain air of those lands of freedom (it matters little whether it refers to the Tyrol or to Seitzeriand)—apart from this one world-famous choral melody, and from I the delicious dance music lavished in prodigal vat iety upon the great scene of the Opera, the market scene, that is, in the third act, im mediately before the apple is shot from the head of Tell's boy by the arrow of that Hero-Marksman-- there are in Rossini's operatic masterpiece but very few, if indeed, for that matter, there be any ot her, even momentary snatches of those peculiar and Haunting Melodies we are here speaking of, those melodies that, once heard, cling lovingly thenceforth to our most grateful remembrance. It is in the weaving together of the harmonious witcheries, or wiz irdies, it should rather be seii, of his marvellous gifts as the great maestro among Operatic Composers that Rossini, has, in this glorious work of art, revealed powers attesting his full right to precedence, to pre-emintnce, to supremacy above them all. From the first ascending notes of the violincellos, with which the wonderful Overture opens, throughout the whole of the four acts of the Opera itself, to the final chorus of the emancipated peasantry, the exultant chorus chaunted as the curtain falls at the close of this patriotic drama— I boschi, i monti, e la citta A!zin tonante un grido solo Pe' deli 6 to spiegasti it vole : Vitoria a libert : the score of Guglielmo Tell proclaims by every note and bar woven into that marvellous maze of sound Rossini's absolute mastership as a :musician. The concerted pieces are perfect studies, indeed, as so many veritable feats_of art in musical composi tion. There is one passage occurring—like a distinct episode, as one may say—in the great Overture, that has a wondrous beauty of its own, typifying, as it almost seems to us, precisely this , paramount and distinctive merit of the whole Opera, as a very labyrinth of intricate and dexterous harmonies. It is a passage—this—in which, by astonishing involutions and inter minglings of moat delicate sounds, the violins, the hautboys, the triangles, and the horns not only " weave the warp and weave the woof" but, together, make up, as:tit were, a very embroidery of harmonies. Al;osether, surely— (not the overture alone, but the whole of this grand opera)—a wondrous composition! The Urea() of it—even with the exquisite historical incident it un. dertakea to illustrate—like the run of these unhappy librettos—is, if the truth must be spoken, very much indeed, of a failure. The love story about Arnold and Matilda, intertwined, most mistakenly (as we for one must ever think), with the patriotic historical tale about Tell and Tessler—is with the very feeblest imaginable interest, as a love story. There is but one effective situation, in truth, in the whole Opera, meaning, of course, the Shooting of the Apple, if, we here except on ly th a t one o f the Gathering e of the Cantons a t th e en d o f the second act, an incident, h ppilv, suggesting to spirit-stirrie g crescen d o l ea d s , at l a st, Rossini that inimitable fin a l e , i n th e wor ki ng oat of which the with a start ling aplomb to th a t su dd en rus h d o wn to the foot lights of all the c h oruses , swor d in hand ! Their rush down to the f oo t t i g h ts to the single (and sTgnal) cry, All ; arm i !— u tt ere d, just once, to the crash of the whole orchestra, as the curtain descends ! The cast of the opera y esterda y at the Royal Itali an was id ent i ca lly the same , of course, as the one whi c h at t racte d EO large an audi ence to Covent G ar d en on S atur day night , the night of the first p er f ormance o f it this season in that great lyrical establishment. And the impression then p ro d uce d by the principal artistes to whom th e c hi e f c h a racters hid been allotted, was, let us sa y i t b r i e fly an d at once, to the full confirmed. Si gnor W at htel, who t ook the town by storm only th e o th er day with h is Man rico, has now, by his impersonation of Arnoldo, se curely and (so lo ng a t l eas t a s his rare powe r s shall in the mere course of nature last) p ermanentl y es tablished b is reput a ti on . M ar vellous though that wonderful high cheat no t e o f his, the C above the line, the ut de poitrine, the C di Peach un question ably is in the silvery and resonant fullness of its vibration—it is not simply by any such "cape d'opera" that he extorts that nightly crash of white kids and those choral shouts of b ra vo, bravissim e . A s appertaining to a into admiration. Be s id es which, n oble and lovely v o i ce 1 p r ime tenore th e w h o l e a mple compass of his, c h arms his delighted audience his management and so vastly of that voice of his, h as so clearly im proved, it has so advanced, expanded , and risen since the date of his appearance originally at the Royal Italian, for every b r i e f i n t er val only, a couple of years ago, that we have full confid en ce in his future as a young Chief of S ong , who w ill not rest satisfied merely with the high position he has already sedulously continue at tained but will, on the c on trary his efforts as hitherte, (let h i m exult, if he will, to remember, up to this hour, his triumphant efforts), still farther to rise and to advance in the general development of his powers as an Artist. While he is yet in the golden and hal cyon outset of his career in his art—as one of the recognised exponents of which he faction and the encourageme nt, thou g h he should res ponsibility', of having already occupies the foremost r eek—he has the satia also bear in mind, too, the o completely it won h a hi mastery over his audience, that they g thersoever he lists, se “ww y hi . whithersoever ho chooses to lead ,them, with that magical voice of his; and th e y (his audience ) not but they go with Schmid's majestic im, org an as a veritable basso p li b y e id . it Kerr Schmid's profondo, an ene m istakeable successor at last to the g rea t Lablache, only him g e o nt w h i u t s h ias h tt produced as favourable an impression upon his Covent Garden hearers in Walter as that grand voice had done already a few evenings previously in ()re vise. Madame Rudersdorff's Jemmy was, we would say, here, distinctly, as thrilling in its passion, as it was charming in its tenderness. Itldlle. Marie Battu's Mathilde secured to her several brilliant triumphs during the evening. With a little more out-singing, and a trifle more animation in his toting, Signor Qraziani would leave us nothing to desire in the impersonator of the Patriot-Hero Tell. The mise en•scene throughout the opera is all that we have been so long accustomed to at the Royal I alian— the moonlit-lake scene being, in particular, singu larly beautiful. Orchestra and Chorus were still, as usual, loyally obedient to the potent wani of Mr. Costa. And, although the rival house had (in its turn) the peculiar attraction of Garibaldi's pre• fence, the immense area of Covent Garden last evening was, thanks to Rossini and Wachtel, very fully occupied. Garibaldi's Visit to Her Majesty's Theatre. 'The performances last evening, consisting of " Lucrczia Borgia" and a ballet divertissement, were honoured by the presence of General Garibaldi, who, with a large party, occupied a box in the centre of the house. The general looked very tired, and sat beck in his box as if rather anxious to avoid demonstrative scenes. The whole affair, in- deed, was much more quiet than might perhaps have been expected, and until the end of " Lucrezia Borgia," when Signor Arditi's "La Garabaldina" was sung and repeated, there was really no very great display of enthusiasm. It should be remem bered, however, that the major part of the audience must have been aware of General Garibakli's fatigue, owing to the extraordinary amount of ex citement he has recently undergone in England, which is the true and only cause of his taking leave of us so soon. The national Italian hymn was sung before the opera; between the acts was given Signor Arditi's " Madre Italia ;" and at the conclusion of " Lucre- Zia" (as we have airectly stated) the same com poser's " Garibaldina" was sung. The performance on this occasion was rendered further remarkable by the rentree of Madlle. Titiens and M. Gassier, who sustained respectively the characters of Lucrtzia and Duke Alfonso ; and the first appear ance as Orsini of the new and admirable contralto Madlle. Bettelheim, Mr. and Mrs. Seely accompanied General Gari baldi, with whom were also General Mordini, Col, Missori, Col. Chiosso, Col. Peard (Garibaldi's " Englishman"), Lieut.-Col. Chambers, Menotti Garibaldi, Iticetotti Garibaldi, Dr. Basiiio, and Mr. Negretti. Amongst the company present were— The Duke and .Duchess of Montrose, the Duchess (Dowager) of Sutherland, the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, the Duke and Duchess of Wellington, the Duke and Duchess of Marlborough, the Du: hers of Manchester ) the Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury, the Earl of Dudley, the Marquis and Marchioness of ClanricardP, the Marchioness of Downshire, the Marquis of Blandford, the Marchio ness of Ely, the Marquis of Blandford, the Marchio ness of Ely, the Marquis of Sligo and the Ladies Browne, the Countess of Macclesfield, the Earl and Countess de Grey, the Earl of Lonsd ale, the Earl and Countess of Hardwicke, the Earl of Carlisle, the Earl and Countess of Gainsborough, the Earl of Aylesford, the Earl and Countess of Malmesbury, the Countess of Sefton and Lady Cecilia Molyneux, the Viscount Curzon, the Viscountess Gort, Lady H. Vane, Lady Mary Curzon, Lord Ernest Bruce, Lord Otho Fnzgerald, Lord G. Fitzgerald, Lord Sandys, &a. Prussian Circular Despatch, - - - The following despatch forwarded by Herr von Bismark to the King of Prussia's diplomatic agents abroad has been received at Mr. Reuter's office : " Berlin, April 15. " Sir,-0a the 15:h March last the Danish Go vernment addressed to its diplomatic agents abroad a despatch, which is nothing but a long indictment of the civil commissioners of Prussia and Austria in the Duchy of Schleswig. Although th's docu ment only came to the knowledge of the King's Government through the journals and communica tions of its representatives abroad, we have not considered that we could allow to pass unanswered the imputations which it contains, and which were of a character to place in the most unfavourable light the policy of which the commissioners are at this moment the agents. " A great number of thess accusations in fact re fute themselves, for whoever has not lost sight of the end which we pursue in the Duchy, and has taken the trouble to compare the measures censored by the Danish Government with the just preten sions whose realisations the present war is destined to obtain. Nevertheless, we only considered our selves bound to speak in our defence when acquainted with the facts of the ease, and after having taken positive information upon the grievances mentioned in the Danish despatch. The result of this information is recorded in the memo randum of which I have the honour to transmit to you a copy. " It results from this memorandum that part of the grievances specified by the Danish GovernMent dre devoid of all foundation, and rest upon nothing but pure invention, or at least upon entirely incor rect information. " As to those which refer to the measures really taken by our commissioners, they are a fresh proof of the strange pretension of the Danish Govern ment, which appears to believe that the occupation of Schleswig by the allied Powers had no other end than to continue the system of oppression which it had too long made preva!eat in the Duchy. In all the districts which had been submitted to this op pression the allied troops were hailed with en thusiasm by the population, and the commissioners had no other task than to put an end to the abuses to which the country w.ts a prey, and to restore to it the rights whose re-establishment has been the sole end of the occupation. It is evident that in order to accomplish this task they could not employ those who had hitherto been the instrument of this system of oppression, and who had no other mission than to stifle by every possible means the na tional sentiment and the attachment to law in the hea-t of the German populations. The school and the Church were especially in the hands of men partly strangers to the Duchy, wanting in the qualities required by law and by the duties of their trust, and having no other title to the functions confided to them than their blind devotion to the policy of the Cabinet of Copenhagen. " A good part of the pretended enormities with which the allied Powers are upbraided find a very natural explanation in the state of war which at present weighs upon the round y, and imposes upon our generals the imperious obligation of looking before everything to the security of their troops. Among the measures of this kind may be princi pally mentioned the arrest of spies, which no army in the field has hitherto been obliged to tolerate in its neighbourhood. "The political and administrative measures of which the Danish Government complains, and which it has taken pains to distort and represent in a false light, have only had the effect of redressing the wrongs of the unjust and vexatious system which, during 12 years has oppressed the German population. It is natural that, in order to put an end to the oppression, it has been necessary to re move its agents, at least those among them con spicuous by their fanaticism. " A conscientious judgement of the conduct of our civil and military authorities in Schleswig must convince every impartial man that they have acted with all the consideration which the exceptional condition of the country allowed them. "I invite you, M--, to read this despatch to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, and to leave with him a copy of the same, and of its appendix. (Signed) " VON BISMARR" ROSSINI having given a grand soiree very re cently at ratio, it has been sardonically remarked that while there were a dozen morceaztx of music iu the pro gramme, out of these only 12 were by Rossini. M. GUIZOT is correcting the proofs of his r3ply to Renan, to be called "Meditations Religicuses." FIRE LAST NIGIIT.—Lest night, between nine and ten o'clock a fire broke out in the London and Man chester paper 'hanging establishment, 94, St. Martin's•lane. The fire raged with great fury for some time, and entirely gutted the premises. By the exertions of the firemen and a good supply of water the fire was got under in a short time, and confined to the building in which it originated. NARROW ESCAPE OP GEN. BUCKLEY.—Gen. Buckley, M.P., had a miraculous escape on Saturday. While proceeding in his barouche to the Crystal Palace ono of the horses took fright, when both ran away and the car riage was overturned and smashed, but the gallant general was not materially hurt, though bruised, The footman's shoulder was injured. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. [REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] GARIBALDI AND THE FRENCH EMPEROR. PARIS, APRIL 20 (Morning). The Moniteur of to day says : " The Morning Star and the Daily News assert that .E 11.1 Clarendon, in the name of the British Government, promised, es a concession to the Em peror, that Garibaldi should shorten his stay in England. This statement is entirely incorrect. No observation was made to Earl Clarendon by the French Government on the subject of Garibaldi." The Constitutionnel, on the subject of the Con ference7says " France intends to maintain the treaty of 1852, but, should the Conference find that that Conven tion no longer harmonises with the present state of affairs, and wish to replace them by a fresh combi nation, the French Government, in conformity with its principles, would not consider itself entitled to dispose of the population of the Duchies before they had been consulted." The same paper refutes the statements of certain foreign journals in which the mode of voting in the Duchies was announced as decided—viz., by uni versal suffrage—and adds: " France is aware that in such ques ions the usages of a country should serve as a guide." SOUTHAMPTON, APRIL 20. The Germania has come into dock. Her cargo will be transhipped into a vessel chartered for Hamburg under the English flag. The Germania will not proceed for Hamburg, but will remain here and trail hence for New York direct on the 4th May. SANTO DOMINGO, MADRID, APRIL 19. Advices from Santo Domingo state that the town of Palama and the insurgent garrison, together with the stores of provisions and ammunition, had fallen into the hands of the Spaniards. The Government is now preparing for a decisive campaign in autumn. ROME. ROME, ArziL 20. The Emperor and Empress of Mexico had an audience of the Pope yesterday. They have visited the Basilica of the Vatican, the ex-King of Naples, the Neapolitan royal family, and Cardinal Autonelli. Yesterday evening their Majesties gave a dinner party, followed by a reception which was attended by the cardinals, the Pontifical ministers, the diplomatic corps and the Roman nobility. THE FALL OF DYBBOL, We (limes) received the following telegram from our Special Correspondent : " GRAVENSTEIN, APRIL 19, 2.12 A,M. "By the capture of the forts on the heights of Dyblzol, 2,600 Danish soldiers, 40 officers, and 90 guns fell into the hands of the Prussians. " The tete de pont, on the mainland, which the Danes held fora short time, has been taken, and the bridges burned and destroyed. " The Danes have crossed into the Island of Allen. " The Rolf Drake arrived too late to take part in the defence of th© works. Sqe was struck by some shells and retired. _ _ vv " The Danish general, Duplat, is killed. The Prussians have also lost many officers.'' MEXICO. General Santa Anna, the ex-Dictator, and his EO3, who had been allowed !)7 the Regency tore turn to Mexico, have been egain ;7.pelled. Santa Anna, on arriving at Vera Cruz, had sig2cd a for mal acknowledgment of the authority of the :17•2 1 - peror Maximilian, as the legitimate Government of Mexico, and pledging himself to abstain from any political demonstration whatever. But he had scarcely landed when he violated his engagement by issuing a manifesto to the people, stating his motives for returning to Mexico, denouncing the Liberal party, and speaking in flattering terms of the Conservatives and the French intervention. On the 12th of March an order from General Almonte, countersign( d by General Bazlinc, arrived at Vera Cruz, directing Santa Anna to be placed on board the C)lbert, and taken back to Havannah. FRANCE. Preparations are being made at the Palace of St. Cioud for the reception of the Emperor and Em• press. The marriage of Baron de Lacrosse, Secretary to the Senate, to Mtle. 116:e oe de Gombault was cele brated yesterday at the church of St. Sulpice. The witnesses of the bridegroom were Marshal Count de Regnault St. Jean d'Angely. and M. de Lacrosse, a relative; and of the lady, Viscount do Barral, Senator, and Viscount de Mauroy. M. I'huillicr, President of Section at the Council of State, is at present suffering from a tumour in the shoulder, which will, it is feared, heoessitate an operation. BOURSE, April 19.—The market opened at an advance, but the improvement was not long main tained, as axles for realisation to a considerable amount were soon afterwaidi made. Threes, which commenced at 671 r. 70c., are now at 67fr. 45c. Mobilier, after having been done at 1,300 fr., are last quoted at 1,285 fr. The Mexican Loan is negotiated with 11 per cent. premium. The sub scription goes on very satisfactorily. Railway Market quiet, but pretty firm. The quotations closed as follows : 41 per Cents .. 93 50 Do. end 3 per Cents Do. end month 67 35 Credit Mobilier 1270 Do. end month 1280 Bank Shares 3300 Credit p oneier l3lO Roman RA EL ' Italian Loan 69 30 Do. end month 69 30 New ditto — Do. end month — Russian Austrian t-1 orns Debt .. Deferred VAYt. Cash. Account. Orleane Northern 895 .- .. 900 - 985 - .. 985 - New ditto •• - • • • Lyons and fieditGrranean 957 50 .. 957 50 New ditto 9OO .. Southern ... 6BO .. 680 Western. Eastern ..... .., ~ 435 .. 482 50 Sardinian Austrian .. Lorphurd North of Spain Saragossa 585 580 Ditto to Barcelona THE LOSS OF THE BOHEMIAN.-4. Board of Trade inquiry into the loss of the Montreal Ocean Steam ship Company's screw steamer Bohemian on the Abdens Rock, near Cape Elizabeth, coast of Blaine, on Feb. 22 last, was opened at Liverpool on Tuesday, before Mr. Raffles, stipendiary magistrate, and Capts. Cowe and Harris, nauti cal assessors. The circumstances of the wreck have already been recorded. The vessel was an iron screw steamer, valued at £90,000, and had on board at the time of her wreck a cargo valued at from £150,000 to £200,000, also her Majesty's mails, and 19 cabin and 200 steerage passengers She left Liverpool on the afternoon of Feb. 4, and on the 22d encountered very cloudy weather, The same night sound ings were found in 48 lathones. A little after 7 p.m. the captain observed Cape Eiizibeth lights bearing N. W. by NV, and distant as he thought Bor 9 miles. Signals were made for a pilot to come aboard. Shortly afterwards a buoy was seen on the starboard, and though the engines were promptly stopped the vessel struck directly afterwards. She began to fill rapidly. The captain (Japtain Borland) headed her for the shore, and then ordered the boats to be launched. In cluing this boat No. 2 was swamped, and 37 passengers and six seaman lost. The other five boats got to shore, and boats No. 1 and No. 5 again returned and took off the cap tain and about 76 passengers and seamen, who remained to the last. The captain, the uempany's airente, and the inha bitants of Portland used every emertiun to provide assist ance for the unfortunat e emi g rants. When the evidence had been partly heard the court adjourned until this morning. • - • - 61111 Tar HER, MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, April 19. The Queen, attended by Ludy Augusta Stanley, drove out yesterday afternoon. Major-General Soymour was in attendance en horseback. His Royal Highness Prince Arthur, attended by Major Elphinstune, left the Castle for Green wica Park. Their Royal Highnesses Princess Helena and Princess Louise, attended by Lady Caroline 8,--r -rington, the Hon. Emily Cathcart, the Hon. Lucy Lyttelton, and the Hon. Mortimer Sackville West, went to London yesterday afternoon, and were present at the Philharmonic concert in Hanover square. The Duchess of Wellington arrived at the Castle, and had the honour of dining with the Queen; t he King of the Belgians, and the royal family. The Queen, accompanied by her Royal Princess Helena, walked and drove in the groun ds this morning. The King of the Belgians took leave of her Ma' jesty to-day, and loft Windsor Castle for Dover,en route to Brussels. His Royal Highness Prince Alfred accompanie d the King to London. Highness Tneir Royal Highnesses Princess Helena 11 0 Princess Louise, attended by the Hon. Easily Cath cart, went to the railway station in, Windsor with his Majesty. The King was attended by General Count de Moerkerke, Dr. K.oepl, the Earl of Caithness, cad Lieutenant-Colonel Da Plat. Prince Alfred proceeded in the afternoon to Sandringham Hall on a visit to the Prince otW.dcss attended by Major Cowell and Lieutenant. Departure of the King of the Belgians. Yesterday afternoon his Majesty the King of the Belgians took leave of the Queen at Windsor Castle, and, accompanied by his Royal Highness Piincs Alfred and their Royal Highnesses P r incesses , Helena and Louise, drove to the Wi n d sor station at the South-Western Railway, whence he proceeded to Dover oa his way to Brussels. The King wa g attended by Count de Moerkerke and Dr. KoeP l (who arrived with him from Belgium), and by 010 Earl of Caithness and Lieutenant-Colonel Du Plat' Prince Alfred was attended by Major Cowell and Lieutenant 114i,g. The King of the Belgians 0 ,5 also attended by M. Van de Weyer, the Belgian Nlinister, who accompanied his Majesty to D o ver. At the station his Majesty, who looked exceedingli well, bade adieu to the Princesses Helena and Louise, and then, with Prince Alfred, proceeded to London by a special train provided by the South' Eastern Railway, which was in charge of Mr. Godson, superintendent of the South-Western line , as far as Waterloo, but was accotnpaniid by Mr. G' W. Eborall, the general manager of the South' Eastern Railway, and Mr. P. Knight, the superin tendent. At Waterloo, which was reached at 3.45, after a run of 40 minutes, the South-Western engine was detached and that of the South-Eastern compa°Y substituted, when the train moved slowly through the station to the platform on the iron bridge which crosses the Waterloo-road. Here Prince Alfred took leave of his venerable relative, and, attended by Major Cowell and Lieutenant Haig, drove to the terminus at the Great Eastern Railway at Bishops' gate, which he left shortly afterwards for Sandring' ham, en a visit to the Prince and Princess of Wales. The South-Eastern train then proceeded direct to Dover by way of the Charing-cross line, in charge of Mr. Knight, and on arrival there his Majesty went to the Lord Warden Hotel, where he proposed to pass the night. In the evening the King entertained the corn" mandaut of the garrison and the officers at sinner. His Majesty proposed to leave this morning at ten o'clock for Ostend. REMOVAL OF THE COURT TO OSBORNE.—Ar. rangements were made yesterday for the departure of her Majsty and the royal family to (hborne, which it is ex peqted, it the wcailfer continue fine and the wind suitable, wi.l take place to-day. Tneir Royai Htghnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales are not expected to leave Sandringham for Idarl borough ;.:Tease before Saturday, the 30th inst., or Monday, the let proximci, The Marquis Cairlden and the Ladies Pratt have arrived at their residence in Groaveaor-square from The Wilderness, near Sevenoaks, for tile season. The Marquis and Mirchioness o' Salisbury en tertained a select party at dinner yesterday evening, at the family residence in Arlington •street. Capture of the Steamer Bavaria by a Danish Frigate. (REU TER'S TELEGRAM.) HAMBURG, April 19. Pilots have brought in the news to the Insnranc o company that the 'Limburg and American Coll' party's mail steamer Bavaria, which left Hamburg for New York on Sunday, the 10th inst., was oar tured by the Danes yesterday. SOUTHAMPTON, April 19 (Evening)• A telegram has been received here this evening which states that the Hamburg and American Cow' pany's steamship Bavaria, bound from Hamburg 1 0 New York, via Southampton, has been captured bl a Danish frigate off the mouth of the Weser. The Bavaria had a large number of passengers ort board, and the value of the ship and cargo is esti mated at £120,000. The Bavaria ought to have arrived here early this morning to receive the French and English portioe of her cargo, and was to have sailed for New Yoric at mid-day on Wednesday, as advertised. The same company's steamer Germania, which arrived here this morning from New York, is stilt detained in the river, off Netley Hospital, awaiting orders. It is not likely now that she will leave for Hamburg, as her passengers have been landed, and proceed to their destination via London. It is expected that the Germania will discharge her cargo at this port, to be reshipped in English , bottoms for Hamburg, anu that she will sail trot this port for New York direct. RUMOURED RETIREMENT OF LORD CARLISLE...." The Dublin Evening Mail gives currency to a rumour ta the effect that the customary term of his Lord Lieutenancy having expired, it is the wish of the Earl ot Carlisle to r etire , and that he possibly may not return to Ireland in t hat capacity. Should this rumour prove correct (says t h t e : Evening Mail), we need hardly say that his excelleveY carry with hint the kindly regards and good wishes o f " classes of the Irish people. NEWSVENDORS' BENEVOLENT AND PRoyIDES S INSTITUTION.—The 25.. h annual meeting of the members of this institution was held last evening at the Nell 6 Exchange, Fleet-street, Mr. Kennedy in the chair. 14 " Jones, the secretary, read the report, which stated that the society had been steadily progressing during the past yee r ; The amount distributed in pensions and temporary relict 0) increased during that period to £ 6l Ss 4 d, the funded capir3l to over £2,000, and a balance of £ 2l to be carried to Del' account. The annual festival had produced a pre& ot er:2 o, and a similar sum had been realised trom a benefit at th e Haymarket Theatre. During the existence of the seei elf £520 had been paid in pensiens, and £l6O in temporary lief, The provision that the pensions should be p aid oalf from the dividends on the funded capital kept the number of pensioners low, but greatly added to the stability of the institution. The number of pensioners now on th e feed was five, and another would be shortly elected. The iie°; cial statement showed that the donations duffing the year had amounted to £lO4, and the annual subscriptions to 1 "*, The total receipts had been £232 193. 7d., an d the total a.` expenditure, including the purchase of £lOO stock, and t}l6 : 4 payment of £55 to pensioners, £261 16s. 2d., leaving 1 ,. balance of £2l 3s. sd. Oa the motion of Mr. Wc°— seconded by Mr. Hal!, tho report was adopted. ll' eon' mittee and cffieers for the ensuing year were then reds and other routine business having been transacted, the meeting concluded with a vote of thanes to the chairman. THE WRECK OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK. QUEENSTOWN, Tuesday.—Throutrhout last night a stre t ug . south west breeze was blowing. Shortly before noon, red day, the' City of New York divided in tw o, and disapreare iwatediately, The Prince b A y I p b: m t i V ss i o e n ta o r r i h i i r s E b n o : t y , ai n anmischannesfst tae it i iii n c f; n o: Wales, will undergo the usual harbou r trial of self rig self ducting the water, &..., of the boats of the liat . t" I..die.boat Institution in the Regent' s Canal dock, Liraehouset to morrow, the 21st inst., at two o'clook.